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The non-alcoholic trend – growing assortment and sales

July 19, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

Lithuania is witnessing a cultural shift in terms of alcohol consumption. Increasingly more of the country’s citizens opt for non-alcoholic beers, ciders or wines, as well as soft drinks. This development goes hand in hand with an ever-expanding range of non-alcoholic beverages becoming available in stores. Berta Čaikauskaitė, Head of Communications at retail chain IKI, says that the purchase of non-alcoholic alternatives is seeing a real spark: the supply of these products has increased by about five times over the past three years, a press release from the retail chain states. […]

Vilnius Old Town
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Vilnius through the eyes of its residents

July 19, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

This July, Go Vilnius, the city’s official development agency, published Vilnius O’Clock, a magazine that tells the story of contemporary Vilnius through the eyes of its residents. It’s made up of 18 feature interviews with residents ranging from entrepreneurs and artists, to journalists and public figures, a press release from the agency states. […]

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Kaunas Public Transport launches ‘Voice’ app

July 18, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

At the start of 2017, the Kaunas city public transport bus company launched the ‘KVT Voice’ app (Kaunas Public Transport ‘Voice’) for blind and visually impaired persons. The development of the app, from conception stage through various design and development phases to full implementation, has taken less than a year, an Efcom.lt press release states. […]

Robotics Competition Centre at MINTIS Gymnasium
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The City of Panevėžys sets up Robotics Competition Centre

July 18, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

“The establishment of the new centre will provide more possibilities for the pupils from the region to acquire the basic knowledge about robotics, to take part in competitions, to develop the skills of creativity, logical thinking, team work, engineering competences, to organise and participate in regional, national and international world standard competitions,” – says the Deputy Mayor Aleksas Varna in a press release from the city municipality. […]

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Experience of a Lithuanian working in Silicon Valley: what actually happens in the cradle of innovation?

July 18, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

Many people all over the world believe that working in a company based in Silicon Valley is the dream of a lifetime. Giedrė Pociūtė, referring to herself as a citizen of the world, not only dreams the dream but also purposefully pursues her goals. This graduate of Vilnius University Business School leads her life as if no boundaries or rules exist and now openly shares her not-so-easy daily life in the world’s cradle of information technologies, a press release from the business school states. […]

Totorių Street renovations
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Totorių Street is being renovated in the Capital

July 16, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

Works of restoration of the section of Totorių Street from Gediminas Avenue to Labdarių Street were started in the Old Town of the capital. In a couple of months, new asphalt pavement will be built, also replacing about 2000 sidewalk tiles and road curbs. The City allocated about 70 thousand euro for the repair of Totorių Street. The Totorių Street has not undergone any major renovation since the stone pavement was replaced with asphalt on the street, a Vilnius city municipality press release states. […]

Automatically lifting barrier gates in Gediminas Ave
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Automatically lifting barrier gates – in the Gediminas Avenue

July 16, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

The works of installation of new modern automatically lifting barrier gates were started in Gediminas Avenue. The City has arranged for the installation of new stainless steel hydraulically lifted and lowered barrier gates by the end of the summer. This modern system, which cost about 50 000 euro, was brought to the capital from Great Britain. Traffic is restricted in a part of the avenue in the evenings of working days and on weekends, giving way to pedestrians and cyclists, city sightseeing tours and active recreation, a Vilnius city municipality press release states. […]

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Šiauliai family that received the layettes, was congratulated by Finnish ambassador as well

July 13, 2018 Siauliai municipality 0

Mayor of Šiauliai city Artūras Visockas presented a gift for the family from Šiauliai city who gave birth to the first new-born this month – a layette. Such a kind of gift will be given to all children born in Šiauliai city. Finnish ambassador Christer Michelsson congratulated the family as well. The tradition of giving layettes, necessary things to parents was born in this very country. […]

Archaeological explorations of the complex of the Great Synagogue of Vilnius at Vokiečių g.13A @ Vilnius Municipality (9)
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Archaeologists from Lithuania, Israel and USA exploring territory of the Great Synagogue complex

July 13, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

Vilnius which is changing every day makes every effort to preserve values of cultural heritage – archaeological explorations of the complex of the Great Synagogue of Vilnius (at Vokiečių g. 13A) started on 12 July, and on 2 – 6 September, creative workshops for preserving its heritage will be held. The restoration of the entire territory and the adjacent areas is planned by 2023. […]

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Lithuanian court refuses to endorse energy inspectorate, Danpower deal

July 13, 2018 BNS 0

The agreement is part of a wider amicable agreement between the Energy Ministry and Danpower. The court endorsed it in two other cases. […]

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The Centre of Excellence of Creative and Cultural Innovations in Kaunas

July 12, 2018 BNS 0

The Centre of Excellence (CoE) of Creative and Cultural Innovations is scheduled to open in Kaunas as one of the initial Centres of Excellence in the Baltic States. It will provide diverse specialized services under experimental research hubs and co-operative collaboration environments for high level research being accomplished by the European and worldwide scientists. The vision of the Centre of Excellence of Creative and Cultural Innovations will be presented in the International Forum on 11 of July, 2018, a VDU press release states. […]

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STT detains examiners assessing foreigners’ knowledge of Lithuania in corruption case

July 10, 2018 BNS 0

Officers from Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (STT) on Tuesday detained in Vilnius District three members of a special commission assessing foreigners’ knowledge of the Lithuanian language and Constitution and six private persons in a suspected corruption case. […]